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Entries from March 2009

Christmas Joy

March 31st, 2009 · 3 Comments

Once again I found myself running out of time to make my ten Christmas cards for this month. Luckily, I was inspired by today’s color challenge on SCS (CC212: Pink Chocolate Hoods). The gorgeous Riding Hood Red paper in the Bella Rose DSP package made a nice background for the Illuminations image I wanted to […]

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Tags: truly elegant

Elegant Wedding Card

March 28th, 2009 · 4 Comments

These Raspberry Tart DSP patterns look so elegant together; I thought they might make a nice wedding card. When I was pressed for time to make my Occasions Mini swaps for the Great Swaps Girls, this design was quick and simple enough to get them out on time. The card base is Cameo Coral card […]

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Tags: truly elegant

Featured Stamper: Beate Johns

March 25th, 2009 · 4 Comments

Gosh, how do you CASE a Beate original? I knew I had to pick one of the many cards that I had saved to My Favorites on SCS, and I ended up choosing her Ring my bell card. She may appreciate the fact that I used a European (Dutch) sentiment on the card, even though […]

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Tags: simply delicious

Quick Card

March 24th, 2009 · 2 Comments

Here’s a quick card (no stamping!) I made for a “Brads, Eyelets, or Buttons” swap with my upline’s group. I started with a 5-1/2″ x 4-1/4″ Elegant Eggplant card and rubbed a white sentiment from the Chit Chat package in the bottom right corner. A strip of Whisper White card stock was made pretty with […]

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Tags: clean & simple

For the WICKED Birthday Girl

March 22nd, 2009 · 3 Comments

My Great Swaps friend Carolina is this month’s hostess of the WICKED demo challenges on SCS. Today happens to be her birthday, and I decided to make a card for her using her WICKED color combination and sketch. I guess you can say that this was quite the challenge for me! I used the Manhattan […]

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Tags: simply delicious